Openings Available For Christmas

Bird Count

SOUTHBURY — This year the Bent of the River staff will again join Western Connecticut Bird Club as they conduct the Christmas Bird Count. Volunteers are encouraged to join the clubs for a fun day of winter birding.

The staff from the Bent of the River will be hosting a small portion of this year’s count at the center in Southbury. Birders, beginners or experts, families or individuals, are invited to join staff members for a morning of birding and fun on Saturday, December 18. Bring binoculars, and dress appropriately for outdoor weather.

There will be an early morning session starting at 7 am, and a later session at 10 am. Each session will be followed by a warm-up and wrap-up in the barn with a cup of hot cocoa.

Call Hunter Brawley at  264-5098 to register. Bent of the River Center is at 185 East Flat Hill Road, off Route 172.

For more information on the Christmas Bird Count, visit the National Audubon Society Web site at www.audubon.org.